Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Pre-Season Playoff Predictions

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions will return for another college football season. Now its fourth published season, click here to see last season's final mock playoff field.

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions are published weekly on Monday afternoons to show a possible college football playoff format. Similar to the NCAA basketball tournament, 11 conference champions receive automatic bids. 5 additional spots are available for at large bids.

Round 1 games would be hosted by the higher ranked seeds. Rounds 2 - 4 would incorporate the bowl system with host cities/bowls bidding to host the games. The "Big 4" BCS bowls would be permanent playoff hosts on a round-rotating basis (Championship, semi-finals and 1 round 2 game).

The pre-season playoff field for the 2009 season is:

1. Florida (SEC Champion)
2. Texas (Big 12 Champion)
3. Oklahoma (At Large Big 12)
4. USC (PAC 10 Champion)
5. Alabama (At Large SEC)
6. Ohio State (Big 10 Champion)
7. Virginia Tech (ACC Champion)
8. Penn State (At Large Big 10)
9. California (At Large PAC 10)
10. Oklahoma State (At Large Big 12)
11. Boise State (WAC Champion)
12. Utah (MWC Champion)
13. West Virginia (Big East Champion)
14. East Carolina (CUSA Champion)
15. Central Michigan (MAC Champion)
16. Troy (Sunbelt Champion)


Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 12 (3), Big 10 (2), Pac 10 (2), SEC (2), ACC (1), Big East (1), CUSA (1), MAC (1), MWC (1), Sunbelt (1), WAC (1), Independent (0)

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Troy at (1) Florida
(9) California at (8) Penn State
(12) Utah at (5) Alabama
(13) West Virginia at (4) USC
(11) Boise State at (6) Ohio State
(14) East Carolina at (3) Oklahoma
(10) Oklahoma State at (7) Virginia Tech
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

Round 2
(8) Penn State vs (1) Florida
(5) Alabama vs (4) USC
(6) Ohio State vs (3) Oklahoma
(7) Virginia Tech vs (2) Texas

Round 3
(4) USC vs (1) Florida
(3) Oklahoma vs (2) Texas

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida